Serpula is a catch-all genus used for nearly all encrusting worms found in
Cretaceous strata and may include several genera by modern concepts. For this
reason the name is used in quotes. Specimens are known from unit 22, section 2,
lower ...

Serpula is a genus of sessile, marine annelid tube worms that belongs to the
Serpulidae family. Serpulid worms are very similar to tube worms of the closely
related sabellid family, except that the former possess a cartilaginous operculum
that ...

Serpula means serpent or worm, evoking the taproots of the fungus that slither
indoors. The specific name, lacrymans, is the Latin term for weeping and refers to
the appearance of globules of fluid on the surface of the fungus. Mordecai Cooke
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Serpula. (family *Coniophoraceae) A genus of *fungi which includes the *dry rot
fungus S. lacrymans (formerly Merulius lacrymans), a serious agent of timber
decay in buildings. The fungus can spread from one timber to another across ...

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has figured and described forty-two species of
serpula from the oolitic Traces of Insects occur at Stonesfield, and very fine
specimens of libellulidae and hymenoptera at Solenhofen. amining the twenty-
one ...